Availability of guidance to line ministries during the policy-planning process

Expert review of the written guidance and comments provided to line ministries by the CoG institution responsible for policy planning on central planning documents, including the government annual work programme (GAWP) and the medium-term budgetary framework (MTBF), the report on the implementation of the GAWP and the last five sector strategies adopted during the calendar year. Guidance can be provided through meetings or circulated instruction letters, or reactively, as feedback to questions, comments to draft proposals submitted to review. Interviews with representatives from line ministries and the CoG institution(s) responsible for planning. For each of the following four criteria, 1 point is awarded (total of 4 points).

Availability of guidance to line ministries during the policy planning process

Criteria fulfilled: 3/4

Yes
No
No data available / not assessed
Guidance is provided to line ministries on how to plan and develop sector strategies (1 point if guidance given for all five sector strategies)
Guidance is provided to line ministries on how to provide input for the GAWP or another equivalent document (1 point)
Guidance is provided to line ministries on how to provide input to the MTBF (1 point)
Guidance is provided to line ministries on how to report on the implementation of the GAWP (1 point)